Beloved Ink by Rose Ranae

Author:Rose, Ranae [Rose, Ranae]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-04-24T04:00:00+00:00

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Once booked in by the arresting officer, Ben couldn’t escape the feeling that things had come full-circle. The knowledge sat in his gut like a stone: cold and uncomfortably heavy, inexplicably a part of him.

Memories of his two-day stint in jail back in Jersey flooded back to him, bringing a sense of failure. He’d sworn he’d never end up in a cell again. But here he was.

Not that he regretted what he’d done. No, not a second of it. Who the hell would watch a man rip an innocent woman’s arm out of socket and not respond with force?

Ben could’ve killed him without being sorry. He wasn’t about to admit that to anyone, especially the police, but his rage had been that real, and that justified. He’d looked toward the bathrooms, hoping to spot Hannah, just in time to see some drunken asshole attack her.

He didn’t know what’d happened before the physical assault, and his mind raced with the possibilities, intensifying the suffocating sense of guilt that was consuming more and more of his sanity by the minute.

It never would’ve happened if he’d walked with her across the pub. He could’ve gone with her and waited by the bar, outside the alcove where the restroom doors were located. Why had he let her go anywhere alone in a busy bar on a Saturday night?

She was beautiful and that drew entitled, obnoxious assholes like flies to honey. He’d noticed men staring at her – he always did, when he was with her – but it hadn’t even occurred to him to walk with her.

He’d failed her, and now she was hurt, and he was fucked. He deserved to pay a price for his failure, but she didn’t.

He didn’t even have a way of finding out how she was doing. Her shoulder joint had been sickeningly misshapen…

Bile rose in his throat and his nerves buzzed with a sharp edge of panic. Who would make sure she was okay if he was in jail? She’d just met Jenna, and it wasn’t like she had any family or friends in the area.

He’d have to get in touch with Dylan, make sure he took care of her. It was the only thing he could do, until they let him out on bail.

He fucking hoped to God they did that.

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